From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Mon Apr 21 16:01:03 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.7/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h3LMxDLR000221 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 21 Apr 2003 15:59:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from BAY0-SMTP11.adinternal.hotmail.com (bay0-smtp11.bay0.hotmail.com [65.54.241.118]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.7/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h3LMwSE6000176 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 21 Apr 2003 15:58:29 -0700 (PDT) X-Originating-IP: [204.31.163.34] X-Originating-Email: [[[email protected]]] Received: from pavilion ([204.31.163.34]) by BAY0-SMTP11.adinternal.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.5600); Mon, 21 Apr 2003 15:58:27 -0700 From: "Donna Heim" <[[email protected]]> To: <[[email protected]]> Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2003 15:04:46 -0700 Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_001B_01C30817.5909F280" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700 Importance: Normal X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: <[[email protected]]> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 21 Apr 2003 22:58:27.0813 (UTC) FILETIME=[854E7950:01C30859] X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1+ Subject: [SBB] Easter Sunday at Grant Ranch X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1+ Precedence: list List-Id: South Bay Birding List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Errors-To: south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_001B_01C30817.5909F280 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Easter Sunday I birded Grant Ranch from around 9:45 to 1 pm. Birding towards the middle of the day, I didn't find any unusual species, but the *great* number of BALTIMORE ORIOLES was surprising. They were everywhere! Following is a list of birds I observed there on Sunday (not in order): Canada Geese (several noisy flyovers) Mourning doves Bullock's Orioles Western Bluebirds House wrens Oak titmice Yellow billed magpies Western Kingbirds Black phoebes European Starlings Northern flickers Chestnut-backed chickadees American Robins Wilson's Warblers Yellow-rumped warblers, Audubon & Myrtle Lesser goldfinches (no American or Lawrence this time) Calif. thrasher singing exuberantly in the same bush as a silent... Black-headed grosbeak California towhees Red-winged blackbirds Western scrub-jays Song sparrows Yellow and white crowned sparrows House finches Northern rough-winged swallow American Kestrel hummingbird (sp--lightning flyby!) Cedar waxwings (one singing flock flew over) Circling in the sky were: Turkey vultures Red-tail hawks Then I took a 30 minute round trip walk on Hotel Trail, a dirt road which has grasslands, with occasional oaks or chaparral, and beautiful wildflowers after the road starts to go uphill. On that walk I also found: pacific-slope flycatchers grasshopper sparrow Western meadowlark American crow California quail Acorn woodpeckers Nutall woodpecker White-breasted nuthatch (heard only) Tree, Violet-Green and more Northern Rough-Winged Swallows Steller Jays near first crest I also saw a bobcat in a field about 70 feet away and about 23 (feral?) young & adult pigs in the chaparral and fields. Good birding! Donna ------=_NextPart_000_001B_01C30817.5909F280 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. south-bay-birds mailing list ([[email protected]]) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://www.plaidworks.com/mailman/options/south-bay-birds/south-bay-birds-archive%40plaidworks.com This email sent to [[email protected]] ------=_NextPart_000_001B_01C30817.5909F280--